Orb Networks today announced the availability of Orb Live Events, a customizable iPhone application that enables any content owner to broadcast their live content on these popular handsets. Live Events provides content owners with a proven iPhone player, already approved and available in Apple's App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch. In contrast to using other solutions, which can cost millions and take months to implement, a content provider or broadcaster can get up and running in as little 24 hours with the Orb solution.

Since the release of the iPhone, people have worked to get out of the locked shell the phone normally boots in. The principal reason behind this is to install and run software that Apple doesn't endorse or approve of, which given their rather draconian App Store entrance rules, is a considerable amount.

Saturday, hence I'll take the opportunity to rant about a neat, yet quite useless iPhone app called Beer O'Clock. This one's definitely not designed to increase your productivity - rather it's made to remind you how much time is left till your next beer. Hmm, in that sense it can actually do something to help you achieve more every day, right?

New Web browsers for the iPhone started appearing in Apple's App Store, contrary to the company's previous policy of denying applications that duplicate functionality of its own software. Four new Web browser implementations became available over the last day in the App store. Still, other popular browsers are not expected to follow suit.